Best Masaki Kobayashi movies by genre
Directed movies (24 total, ranked by score)
1Harakiri
1962 · ★ 8.5 (1,266 votes)
Action, Drama, History
2The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961 · ★ 8.4 (220 votes)
War, Drama, History
3The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959 · ★ 8.1 (296 votes)
War, Drama, History
4Kwaidan
1965 · ★ 7.7 (468 votes)
Horror, Fantasy, Drama
5Samurai Rebellion
1967 · ★ 8.2 (268 votes)
Drama
6The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959 · ★ 8.2 (225 votes)
War, Drama, History
7The Inheritance
1962 · ★ 7.3 (31 votes)
Drama
8The Thick-Walled Room
1956 · ★ 7.2 (22 votes)
Drama, War
9Black River
1957 · ★ 6.9 (32 votes)
Crime, Drama
10The Fossil
1975 · ★ 7.2 (13 votes)
Drama, Fantasy
11Tokyo Trial
1983 · ★ 7.0 (10 votes)
War, Documentary
12I Will Buy You
1956 · ★ 7.0 (15 votes)
Drama
13Hymn to a Tired Man
1968 · ★ 7.8 (4 votes)
Drama
14Fukushima Hula Girls
2011
Documentary
15Inn of Evil
1971 · ★ 6.2 (23 votes)
Crime, Drama
16Youth of the Son
1952 · ★ 6.6 (8 votes)
Comedy, Drama
17Beautiful Days
1955 · ★ 6.8 (8 votes)
Drama, Romance
18Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954 · ★ 6.0 (6 votes)
Drama
19Fountainhead
1956 · ★ 6.0 (9 votes)
Drama
20Glowing Autumn
1978 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)
Comedy
21Three Loves
1954 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)
Drama
22Sincere Heart
1953 · ★ 6.4 (11 votes)
Drama, Romance
23The Empty Table
1985 · ★ 6.5 (4 votes)
Drama
24TAKI 183
2006
Drama
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.